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Brewers : Back in First Place Topic

Aramis probably should already be playing first base. And his defense will likely deteriorate further throughout his three-year contract. But, assuming the Brewers don't re-sign Fielder or lock down another first baseman, having the flexibility to move him to first should his fielding become too poor makes this a decent signing for the Brewers. Makes a lot more sense for them than he would have for the Angels or Phillies.

Posted by boogerlips on 12/12/2011 5:42:00 PM (view original):3x12 for Ramirez seems fine to me. Career .280.340.500 hitter. Odd that he didn't want to stay with the Cubs after refusing to be traded.

Someone on BB tonite last summer talked about how some players just don't want to be traded during the season due to family or personal reasons... The whole uprooting thing is easier in the offseason to set up. I think it was Kruk?

In the "If you can't trust them who can you trust?" department, TMZ is reporting that Braunie's failed test was the result of some medication he is taking. TMZ says its sources are "directly connected with Major League Baseball". Which may mean someone in Braun's camp, for all I know.

Will Carroll is speculating about some kind of deal whereby MLB agrees to dismiss the "adverse analytical result" based on questions about the testing procedure on Braun in exchange for Braun entering the "accelerated testing" program. If Braun was clean for some period (probably one year), the original result would be thrown out. He says this has been done in at least one other case, though the issue in that case was chain of custody rather than the testing process itself.